Excitement and anxiety over the 2020 election ratchets up with the release of each new poll and prediction. But polls don’t tell the whole story, and most forecasts in 2016 were famously proven wrong. With mere weeks to go before Election Day, what can we expect this time around?
In this session, a panel of experts on politics and government at Cornell will join New York Times National Editor Marc Lacey to explore how polling is covered in the media along with the methods that journalists use to understand voter interest. They’ll also examine how we learn about voters and their decisions as well as how data drives election forecasts.
